#EDC450#EDC450

#EDC450 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EDC450
RGB	rgb(237, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 66.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, 2.32, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 61.71, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% 0.0015 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.14 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1159, 58.0669, 15.8402)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EDC450 #5079ED

analogous

#ED7650 #EDC450 #C8ED50

triadic

#EDC450 #50EDC4 #C450ED

tetradic

#EDC450 #50ED76 #5079ED #ED50C8

square

#EDC450 #50ED76 #5079ED #ED50C8

split-complementary

#EDC450 #50C8ED #7650ED

monochromatic

#B08712 #E7B119 #EDC450 #F3D787 #F8E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EDC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#EDC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EDC450

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EDC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EDC450	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #edc450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d586',
    500: '#edc450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #edc450;
$custom-light: #f7d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#edc450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.331,
    "s": 81.347,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8352,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EDC450

secondary

#3052B1

accent

#40DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EDC450

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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